Led Zeppelin-newly remastered

I haven't heard the Page remasters. All my studio CDs are from the 80s, and the Mothership is far, far better sounding with lots more detail, air, bigger soundstage, etc. The drums and bass are a real treat. Drums on Since I've Been Loving You are GIGANTIC - sounds like Bonham is filling a large concert hall. Vocals are better, but not stunning. Can't wait for the individual releases.

Metralla, but I thought the Page transfers were spectacular. I might not have expressed that quite right. I will be spinning the Mothership CDs this week, but I need to treat them first. :-) Geoff

I guess its time to dust these off for another listen,
my system has changed considerably since last listen to the 10 CD box. My recollection is that I was not at all
satisfied, but I will listen again and try to elaborate
on that. My Zep vinyl has been treating me well though.
Most all classic records 180 & 200 gram.

I've only listened to Mothership once since I got it, but I was pretty favorably impressed with the sound. I concur with Amansker's take on the nature of the improvements.

Amansker, if you have the original transfers from the '80s, then you have Barry Diament's mastering on all but 1 - Joe Sidore mastered LZ IV. Except for the compilation by Dave Collins I mentioned above, these are by far the best digital transfers.

The later remasters by Marino, and the final digital transfers by Jimmy Page, are not as good as the originals.

Now with the Mothership, there has been some very fancy fiddling in the digital domain by John Davis at Alchemy Mastering using Page's digital transfers to produce the sound you are hearing. You might wonder how they managed to get that drum sound.

I'm happy you are enjoying Mothership. I just want to remind readers that no one went back to the original analogue tapes and remastered them. They took Jimmy's digital transfers and worked some magic on them.

Regards,